Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] few minute " in BNC.

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1 DURING THE UUAC GENERAL STRIKE THESE AIRCRAFT WERE TOUCHING DOWN EVERY FEW MINUTES AT ALDERGROVE AIRPORT IN THE LARGEST AIR AND SEA MOVEMENT OF TROOPS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SINCE THE SUEZ OPERATION TWENTY-ONE YEARS EARLIER .
2 When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise .
3 There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed .
4 He woke up a few minutes later .
5 The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm .
6 The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue .
7 Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before .
8 The match , which kicked off a few minutes later than its scheduled 10.15 start time , ended on a bizarre note seven minutes into injury time at 12.15am .
9 Straightening up a few minutes later , Lindsey nodded and smiled reassuringly .
10 I waited around a few minutes and had a chance to talk with Tony Dorigo and met his mother who works in the Digital office in Birmingham .
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